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Luke 1

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Luke 1:68-79

  1. Verse 68. Blessed be Our Lord God of Israel: because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
  2. Verse 69. And hath erected the horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant.
  3. Verse 70. As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, that are from the beginning:
  4. Verse 71. Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us:
  5. Verse 72. To work mercy with our fathers; and to remember his holy testament,
  6. Verse 73. The oath which he sware to Abraham our father,
  7. Verse 74. that he would give to us. That without fear being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him,
  8. Verse 75. In holiness and justice before him, all our days.
  9. Verse 76. And thou child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of our Lord to prepare his ways.
  10. Verse 77. To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto remission of their sins,
  11. Verse 78. Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient, from on high, hath visited us.
  12. Verse 79. To illuminate them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.